Evidence of meeting #58 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was kandahar.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
A similar motion has gone forward to the Standing Committee on National Defence, and I think they are probably in favour of it.
This stems from Mr. Patry's motion on the detainees in Afghanistan. This is allowing us to have four ministers before us at the first possible convenience, and they will work on those details—Minister Bernier, Minister Day, Minister O'Connor, and Minister MacKay.
Madame Lalonde.
Bloc
Francine Lalonde Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC
What is happening with the motion that was passed calling on the committee to invite the officials who drafted the report, the truncated version of which we received under the Access to Information Act? What we learned from reporters was that...
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Madame Lalonde, that's separate from the motion we're dealing with now, right?
Bloc
Francine Lalonde Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC
I realize that, but why would we deal with his motion before mine? I moved mine first.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
His motion is on the motion from Mr. Patry. This is more of a technical motion that would allow the four ministers to come together to explain the detainee problem.
Bloc
Francine Lalonde Bloc La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC
I'm not against it, but I would like to hear from the others.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
All right.
Do we have a consensus on meeting with the four ministers at their earliest convenience?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Kevin Sorenson
Tomorrow we will deal with our steering committee.
Today at the parliamentary restaurant we will meet with the representatives from the Czech Republic. We want as many of you there as possible. The ambassador will also be there.
There's a possible meeting on Thursday, May 31, from 11 to 12 with Mr. Mulet, the UN special representative of the Secretary General for the UN stabilization mission in Haiti. Can we go for that as well on May 31? We weren't looking at the democratic development report that day anyway. We have a consensus.
To the students of Carleton, this is the way these committees work: Liberals, Conservatives, Bloc, and NDP working together for the betterment of your country.
The meeting is adjourned.